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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages does Nadia speak?

2. What does Alex discover for the first time that he likes to eat?

3. What causes tension among the men on the expedition?

4. What kills the first soldier to die?

5. What unusual response is considered good manners after a meal in the Indian village?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ludovic Leblanc estimate the size of the Indian villages?

2. What does Alex do to demonstrate his courage to the kidnappers, and what is the effect of his demonstration?

3. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

4. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

5. How does Omayra Torres plan to persuade the Indians to accept vaccinations?

6. Why are watches and compasses of little use in the Amazon jungle?

7. What device do the People of the Mist use that enables them to climb trees easily?

8. Why is Nadia convinced that Karakawe is Mauro Carias' co-conspirator?

9. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

10. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss fear as a theme in this story. Explain the advice on overcoming fear Alex receives from Kate and from Nadia, and the advice he remembers from his father and offers to Nadia when she faces her own fear. Which characters are governed by fears? Which are not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the understanding of death among the Amazon natives. Use examples such as the presence of Walimai's wife, and the rite of unokaimu.

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